What new support measures are planned to help European fruit and vegetable producers cope with the Russian embargo? When asked in the European Parliament plenary session on Wednesday 15 November by the chair of the agriculture committee, Czesław Adam Siekierski (EPP, Poland), Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan merely drew attention to the initiatives in place for three years. He acknowledged, however, that the problem had not been resolved.
“We have already provided a total amount of...